μέλπηθρα
From LSJ
Ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → Sile, melius vel loquere silentio → Was besser ist als Schweigen, sage oder schweig
English (LSJ)
τά, (μέλπω)
A means of playing, plaything: Hom. (only in Il.) always in pl., of an unburied corpse, sport, plaything, κυνῶν μέλπηθρα γένοιτο a sport of dogs, 13.233; κυσὶν μέλπηθρα γενέσθαι 17.255.
